Upon its publication in 1832, Domestic Manners of the Americans, the debut work of 52-year-old author Frances Trollope, became enormously popular in England, reviving Trollope's strained family fortunes, but it also caused a storm of controversy. This sometimes scathing, often witty, and beautifully written account of the foibles and failings of Americans as Trollope encountered them was banned in the United States for almost 100 years, though now all is forgiven and it has since been embraced even on our backward and ill-mannered shores. Over the next 30 years, the late-life author was to write 40 more books, though today she is far outshined by her son Anthony Trollope and his chronicles of Barsetshire.